A Monmouthshire school has been crowned best breakfast club in Wales at the annual Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Awards.
To celebrate their achievement, staff and pupils from Trellech Primary School attended an awards ceremony in the House of Commons on Wednesday (17 May) where they received a £1,000 cash prize.
They also met Monmouth MP David Davies and enjoyed a trip on the London eye.
The panel of judges selected winners based on the inspiring individuals and activities that transform the mornings of children across the UK.
Kellogg’s is celebrating 25 years since launching its breakfast club programme in 1998. To mark the occasion, the company will be increasing the number of schools supported across the UK by 50 per cent.
Over the last quarter of a century, Kellogg’s has invested more than £5m into breakfast club by providing training, grants and food.
Kate Peacock, deputy headteacher at Trellech Primary School, said: “We are delighted to be awarded the best breakfast club in Wales.
“Our club provides such important provision for our students. It gives pupils an opportunity to connect to their school community at the start of the day and prepares them for learning. We are thrilled!”
The school will spend its winnings on new resources linked to wellbeing to ensure pupils are able to begin their day in a calm positive way. This includes supporting staff to develop skills to lead weekly themed sessions such as yoga, singing and Welsh.
Mr Davies added: “Trellech may be a small rural school, but its award-winning breakfast club provides a warm welcome where children can settle in before starting their day.
“It was a pleasure to welcome the school to Parliament and offer my personal congratulations on this fantastic achievement.”
Latest research from Kellogg’s found nearly four in 10 teachers across the UK claim to see children coming to school hungry every day, with 72 per cent believing the number of children attending their breakfast club has risen.
Chris Silcock, managing Director of Kellogg’s UK and Ireland, said: “So many clubs across the UK deserve recognition and we are delighted to be able to acknowledge all the hard work and dedication breakfast club leaders, teachers and volunteers put into their club each and every day.
“After receiving 450 applications, it’s been tough to pick our finalists from so many inspiring stories. It has been incredible to hear the innovation, entrepreneurship and care that goes into every breakfast club that has entered this year.”